The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-01
THE QUARANTINE.
Another View Taken of It-Lightering
Cargoes.

SAVANNAH, Oct 20-Edit1r Morning
Neics: Let us take another view of quaran.
tine and see what is there now. We find the
Anykos stiH there MOI That seems hardly
possible, but it is fact She has been there
since Sept S-eighty-five days since her de
parture from St Jago de Cuba, and fifty
one day; at tie mouth of our river, all the
crew in health. Can there be any possible
reason in such detention' She certainly is
4 memorable example of our quarantine
system, and the Maratime Exchanges the
world over are beginning to understand our
regulations, to our injury.
Nothing was said in my last. about light
ering her cargo. II read, that in response
TO an inquiry as to the time when 1.-The ship
would be allowed to come up" the Mayor
under date of Sep. ID, replied referring to
the last clause of section 9, and section IL.
Section II reads, THAT from May to No
vember |, of each year. and longer" think
Of 1t, over six months maybe) 'if the
Board of Sanitary Commissioners shall
50 determine, no reSseL Gin sick
ness or in healthy arriving at this
port from any infected or suspected local.
ty, will be allowed to come to this city with
cargo in hold" So neither length of vov-
age, condition of the crew or cargo, nor bill
of health are Of any moment. 1t is an iron
clad six months blocka le We will see if it
does amount to a six months blockade, if
the law is enforced. Reading further on the
section says, 'Such cargoes will be requir-
ed TO be hghtered from the quarantine sta
ton under such requirements as the Board
of Sanitary ca mmission may prescribe.
In the case of the "Amykos," the Health
Officer says ''it was decided by the insur-
ance agencies. ard others having control of
the bark Amykos that there was no hurry"
and they preferred TO have her remain to
agencies were in no hurry to take the extra
risk will probably be commended. But
what of the owners of the vessel, owners of
the cargo and Captain. Were these three
important factors all in no hurry? Was
the interest account against vessel and
cargo and cost of crew of no momentI The
Health Officer SAYS cher cargo could have
been lightered to the city at any time"
The subject of lightoring was not IN
tended to be further discussed, but as it has
been touched upon, it may be interesting to
learn some Of the difficulties under which
Tightening has been done at this port.
The instructions issued to Weed & Corn
well for Tightening their coffee were that "a
lighter and crew of dcctimdted men will be
allowed to go alongside the bark Anna, and
receive cargo between sunrise and sunset
Of each day; upon sunset the tighter and
crew" must leave the bark and anchor one
mile from the quarantine station.
Mr.. Weed stated in his letter of Oct. 6
that it was impossible to bring up the cargo
on those terms, and he stated at the meet
ing of committee of the Board of Trade
and the Sanitary Board at the Exchange
that he never could and never did conform
to the permit, but ignored some of its pro-
visions, and was compelled TO- to get his
cargo. Now, let us see what happened to
c. L. Gilbert q Co. A permit was issued
to them to lighter cargo of coffee upon the
following terms in 1884:
That when permission is given for lighter to
90 to quarantine station 70 take cargo from
vessel, SUCH lighter must be moored and
that no cretr tmsr1 this from the city win be
allowed to remain AZ the Quarantine station, on,
or with the lighter tS'e t1,ti, the transfer of
cargo must lie made by The cre'o of vessel bring
ing same 20 this port. IL is also made requisite
to ob;alu such permit thar the consignee of such
cargo must have the lighter provided with a
sufilciency Of ticO inch strip of rood IA order
that each bag Of c0fee or other such cargozwil
have three OF such strips between it and tile bag
precaution is taken in order that the cargo will
admit, when on board OF the lighter, OF satisfac-
tory fumigaton.
Under such conditions, mo crew" being
allowed on the lighter, how could the Amy
Kos, VITA seven men--the entiref crew all
told-unload aud store on lighter hogsheads
or puncheons of rum weighing 200 TO 300
poundsi No one at interest would take such
risks. so the law in force was a blockade
to her.
How did c. i. Gilbert & Co manage
with their perinitl And what was done
with the two-ncn s.icksl Why, of course.
they had Dut one thing to do. The beauti-
~ inti.. hanging gardens We're aban-